DIRECTOR’S CUT Tasting Notes:

DIR0047 MACALLAN 15 YEARS
Nose: Opens fresh & fragrant carrying a honey’d quality – developing to sweet grist plus light oak
Palate: More honey on the sweet palate + vanilla fudge, camphor & an attractive citric style
Finish: Still fresh, now gently spiced – with more camphor and fudge (F&J)

PROVENANCE Tasting Notes follow:

PRV0685 DALMORE 11 YEARS
Opens clean on the nose, carrying a green malt character plus a honey and fruit quality. The palate is light and fresh, running to an American Cream Soda style. The finish is medium long, softly spiced with a lingering orange pith character.

PRV0993 AUCHENTOSHAN 12 YEARS
Fragrant, floral and lightly fruited initially on the nose – warming up to subtle barley, spices and caster sugar. The palate shows that same sugary sweetness then runs to a liquorice and light oak style–with the finish encapsulating all of those characteristics-but in a drier mode (F)

PRV1001 LAPHROAIG 12 YEARS
Initially the nose is surprisingly sweet carrying a subtle bonfire ashes character plus a charred fruit quality. The palate is distinctly Islay in style, still sweet with smoke building up to soft tar, BBQ ashes plus smoked bacon. The finish is long, remains smoky and develops to a rich, dark chocolate character. (J)

PRV0999 BLAIR ATHOL SHERRY 15 YEARS
Opens clean and fresh on the nose then develops to a sweetly spiced character with a barley sugar quality. The palate remains sweet and warms to a spiced caramel/butterscotch style plus a late hint of charred oak. The finish is long and runs drier to a chocolate and orange zest quality. (J)

PRV0998 BENRINNES SHERRY 18 YEARS
Opens spicy and sweetly gristed on the nose, then runs to a cookie dough and toffee character. The palate is richly spiced carrying a butterscotch and soft leather quality. The finish is medium long, still spicy and sweet carrying late fresh pipe tobacco. (J)

All best wishes
Fred H Laing
Managing Director